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When Chloe Davis was 12-years old, her father was arrested for the kidnapping and murder of six teenage girls, based on evidence that Chloe herself had uncovered. I've read plenty of serial killer stories from the perspective of investigators, the victims and their families, and regular townspeople, but I'm not sure I've ever read one from the killer's own daughter. And coming at it from that angle makes this story feel fresh and unusual. Chloe still suffers from the fallout of her childhood, and her narrative envelopes the whole story in her dark and foreboding mood. However, I’m tired of drunk, pill-popping narrators. I guessed the ending immediately, but the author tried to throw in plenty of red herrings and a couple of other unexpected twists.
stars for a psychological mystery/thriller. Chloe Davis is a psychologist in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Twenty years later, Chloe is a psychologist working with young girls suffering through varying levels of trauma, like she did herself.I think this is definitely worth reading, and I will definitely read a book by this author in the future. If this is her debut, I predict a long and successful career in Willingham's future. I definitely plan to be following along. Chloe is your classic unreliable narrator, often referencing her difficulty separating what's real from what isn't, which isn't helped by her pharmaceutical habits. She's paranoid, convinced that these new victims are someone specifically toying with her, setting her on her own amateur investigative path to find who's copying her imprisoned father's past actions, since virtually no one else believes her suspicions. Chloe Davis has managed to move on from her past, with mixed results. When she was twelve, six girls went missing in her small town...only to be found dead. The culprit? Her loving father. Charged and convicted as a serial killer, he went to prison to serve a life sentence. Chloe and her family never fully recovered from the repercussions. Chloe knows that the cycle is somehow repeating itself. She doesn’t know who to trust, her father is in prison, so is it a copycat? She begins to formulate theories, but she doesn’t even trust herself. The police get tired of her hunches and theories, they need some proof.
All-in-all, I can enthusiastically recommend this wonderful debut. Stacy Willingham has given readers a bright spot in the crowded thriller genre and a promising start to her writing career. I know I'll be eagerly awaiting her future books! And, as much as I couldn't stand the narrator most of the time, I also felt a...kinship with her in some ways... Twenty years ago, Chloe's father was sent to prison for kidnapping and presumably murdering six young girls, although their bodies were never found. Chloe's life is secure and stable now--she's engaged to Daniel and has a fulfilling job as a psychologist. However, her demons lurk just below the surface, and when first one, then another young girl turn up missing, she feels as if her life is repeating itself again. The missing girls have connections to Chloe--is it the work of a copycat? Can she help find who is doing this? I guessed a major twist early on, so I’m tooting my own horn (Btw, has anyone else considered how wrong that sounds? Or is it just me?🤷). However, there is plenty of deflection and red herrings that had me second guessing my suspicions. On top of that, there were other welcome surprises in store. I’ve been hearing a buzz about this book!!! It’s a debut novel, a psychological thriller revolving around a serial killer. It has already been “optioned for a limited series by actress Emma Stone and sold to a dozen countries around the world”.
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When a protagonist is an unreliable narrator struggling with substance abuse or Psychiatric problems. I was super anxious while reading this. I’ve never had so many guesses for how a book was going to end. Some of my guesses ended up being right, and that is why I’m being a bit petty with the extra .5. I personally like my mysteries to be completely unpredictable. Is that too much to ask? It probably is, but I can’t help what I want. It was still an amazing book because I kept switching my guesses. So what I’m saying is, some reveals were kinda obvious but also not really. Don’t ask me to explain. It came to a point I just kept internally screaming “I need answers, now!”
Is Chloe paranoid and seeing connections where there aren't any, or is she dangerously close to the truth?
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SHE SLEEPS WITH THE FAKE REPORTER MURDERER. God! Was the choking the day before not enough? Also, there was chocolate on a pillow at a Motel 6? Laugh out loud. This is like Blair from "Gossip Girl" trying to write "poor." However, the strengths outweigh the flaws. Chloe is a complicated narrator who commands the plot. In addition to Chloe, Willingham creates a tense atmosphere that gave me the creeps. I guessed part of the ending, but there was one twist I didn't see coming. The next day, Chloe awakes to learn that Riley, her friend's stepdaughter is missing. By now, Chloe is certain that Daniel is the killer. She knows that the killer has been killing the girls and then leaving the bodies somewhere to be found a few days later. As she thinks of where Daniel could be keeping these bodies, she remembers that she told him about how her childhood is still sitting, empty in Breaux Ridge. Stacy Willingham tells us the story of Chloe Davis, a thirty-two-year-old psychologist in private practice in Baton Rouge. Her father was arrested for killing six young girls when she was twelve. Her father is in prison now, and the history is repeating now as many girls start disappearing just like what happened twenty years ago. Who is behind the disappearance of these girls? Are the two events interconnected? The author tries to answer these questions through this book convincingly. The premise: a loving father of two children was a serial killer of teenaged girls, convicted of the murders after confessing (with little proof); now 20 years later there is a copycat. From the first chapter, I had a strong hunch who was doing the killing. I was correct. This doesn’t necessarily ruin a novel for me, as I find entertainment in the clever way that authors create their story. I’ll give credit to Willingham in some of her crafting of the story. There were a couple reveals that I did not anticipate.
Now Chloe Davis grabs her second chance: working with teenagers as a psychologist and she’s doing far better job than her colleagues because she knows how to be troubled kid. She also found her loved one, is about to tie the knot with Daniel even though her brother Cooper has still suspicious about Daniel’s motives. Does he really know the real Chloe and does he know how she still struggles with her past?In present day, Chloe is brought into the police station to be interrogated by Detective Thomas since she was the last person to see Lacey alive. Afterwards, Chloe goes to visit her mother, Mona, at the assisted living facility. Mona attempted suicide after her father's sentencing, resulting in brain damage that left her unable to move or speak. Chloe and Cooper try to visit her occassionally. Today, Chloe tells Mona about the recent missing girls. She also promises to bring by her fiancée Daniel sometime. When Chloe Davis was twelve, six teenage girls went missing in her small Louisiana town. By the end of the summer, her own father had confessed to the crimes and was put away for life, leaving Chloe and the rest of her family to grapple with the truth and try to move forward while dealing with the aftermath. The two-paragraph version: Chloe's father confessed to murdering six teenaged girls when she was 12. Chloe was the one who found the evidence that linked him to the murder in his closet and turned it over to the police. Now, 20 years later, two more teenaged girls have been found dead. Chloe starts to suspect that her fiancée Daniel is a copycat killer since he also had a sister who disappeared under mysterious circumstances 20 years ago.
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